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1) Horses!
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Presents information on horses, including their physical characteristics, behavior, and how to ride a horse.
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This nonfiction picture book about horses has a fresh focus: how people over the ages have decorated horses in special ways. Organized into three categories-warfare and hunting, performance and competition, performance, and ceremony-the book introduces horses such as the chariot-pulling war horse of the Persians to the rose-decorated winner of the Kentucky Derby.
3) Arabians
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How are Arabians different than other horses? Where did the first Arabian horses come from? Learn all about these fascinating and powerful creatures inside. Kids are fascinated by horses! These animals' beauty, strength, and close relationship to people make them a perennial favorite for young readers. Our Majestic Horses series introduces readers to some of the most famous horse breeds, both domestic and wild. With spectacular photos and clear, inviting...
4) Appaloosas
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Do all Appaloosas look alike? Where did Appaloosas come from? Learn all about these beautiful, spotted horses inside. Kids are fascinated by horses! These animals' beauty, strength, and close relationship to people make them a perennial favorite for young readers. Our Majestic Horses series introduces readers to some of the most famous horse breeds, both domestic and wild. With spectacular photos and clear, inviting text, these books invite readers...
5) Clydesdales
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From their large hooves to their even larger bodies, Clydesdales are some of the most recognizeable horse breeds around. Learn more about these huge working horses inside. Kids are fascinated by horses! These animals' beauty, strength, and close relationship to people make them a perennial favorite for young readers. Our Majestic Horses series introduces readers to some of the most famous horse breeds, both domestic and wild. With spectacular photos...
7) Horses
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From award-winning science writer Seymour Simon comes a completely revised and updated edition of Horses, w ith brand-new full-color photographs. Readers will learn how horses came to be domesticated, how to distinguish different breeds, the important roles horses have served throughout history, and more. From stallions and mares and?Clydesdales to Palominos, this is sure to be a hit with horse lovers and animal lovers everywhere! This updated edition...
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Phantom stallion volume 3
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Sam, having rescued an abused mare from a gang of outlaw rustlers, now faces the question of what to do with the horse since her father's ranch already has a full corral, and a drought has caused a shortage of feed.
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Which shaggy little horse rarely grows beyond 45 inches high? It's the Shetland pony, and you'll learn lots more about this smart, strong animal inside. Kids are fascinated by horses! These animals' beauty, strength, and close relationship to people make them a perennial favorite for young readers. Our Majestic Horses series introduces readers to some of the most famous horse breeds, both domestic and wild. With spectacular photos and clear, inviting...
12) The wild one
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Phantom stallion volume 1
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Two years after being thrown by her horse, Blackie, in a near-fatal accident, Sam returns to her family's ranch and meets a mustang that could be the missing Blackie, or the legendary Phantom, or both.
13) Cowgirl Katie
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Katie's dad surprises her with a trip to a ranch where she can ride a real horse.
14) The escape
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Horses of the dawn volume 1
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Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety.
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"Until the popularization of the family car, horses and humans lived, worked, and played side by side. With the invention of the wheel, saddle, bit, and bridle; horses pulled far-flung lands closer together at the speed of a gallop. Trade, agriculture, exploration, and war-none of these would have been possible in the same way without horses. In dazzling spreads packed with maps, sidebars, and other hidden gems, Jennifer Thermes tackles the history...
16) The renegade
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Phantom stallion volume 4
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When an ambitious rodeo contractor comes to town, Sam's worried. The woman wants to buy tamed mustangs from local ranchers, including Sam's dad, and doesn't seem to take no for an answer. Then Sam spots the Phantom's herd-without him. She's sure he's been captured by the rodeo, but how will she find him? And if she does, how can she set him free?
17) Mustang moon
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Phantom stallion volume 2
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When the Phantom is blamed for the sudden disappearance of mares from local ranches, it is up to thirteen-year-old Sam to defend his innocence and his life.
18) King of the wind
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Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life.
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